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H. PRIEDLANDER. BEEE TAEEING DEVICE.

Patented Dec. 11

UNrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY FRIEDLANDER, OF PERRY, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

BEER-TAPPING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent- No. 530,761, dated December 11, 1894.

' Application filed July 30, 1894. Serial No. 518.973- (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENR.r FRIEDLANDER, of the city of Perry, P county, Territory of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beer-Tapping Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to devices adapted to be used in starting or removing the bungs from kegs, barrels, dac., and is especially adapted for use in tapping ordinary beer kegs.

The object of my invention is to construct an improved block in the form of a mandrel, which is adapted to be operated upon the draft pipe between the bung and the faucet and be used as a hammer for other purposes.

My invention consists in a novel construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed to describe it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in -Which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a mandrel as contemplated by my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View on the indicated line 2-2 of,Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of a mandrel, and Fig. 4 is a bottom view thereof. Fig. 5 is a View in perspective of the mandrel upon the draft pipe, which is positioned within the bung, said bung being in position upon a keg.

In the construction of the device as shown, the numeral 1 indicates the body of the mandrel, the same being globular in form and having a flattened base or bottom 2. Formed integral with the top of the body 1 and connected by the neck 3, is the head or handle 4, the same being circumferentially smaller than the body 1. Extending the entire length of the mandrel from the vertical center to the periphery thereof is a slot or groove 5, the width of said slot being slightly larger than the diameters of the ordinary draft pipes of beer tapping devices.

Formed in the flattened base 2 of the body 1 is a circular depression 6the purpose of which will be presently shown.

Formed integral with the body 1, and eX- tending a slight distance therefrom, is a circular lug or boss 7 which forms a striking surface when the mandrel is used as a hammer.

In Fig. 5 where the device is shown as in practical use, 8 indicates an ordinary beer keg, or barrel, the same being provided with the bung-holle 9. In this view is also shown a metallic bung 10, air pipe 11, faucet 12 and draft pipe 13, these being of ordinary construction, and such as are now in common use in tapping beer kegs and barrels.

The ordinary method of tapping akeg as now practiced is as follows: The draft pipe carrying the faucet is withdrawn .from the bung 10, a cork inserted in the lower end of said bung 10, the bung then placed upon the Wooden bung in the keg, and by repeated blows of a mallet or hammer said Wooden bung is pushed .through the bung-hole 9 and into the keg, thus leaving the metallic bung 10withinthebung-hole. Thedraftpipe,such las 13, carrying the faucet 12, is now inserted in the metallic bung 10 and with blows of a hammer or mallet thecork in the lower end of the bung 10 drivenout, and the draft pipe positioned within the bung l0. The usual connections are now made to the faucet 12 and the contents of the keg withdrawn as desired. This procedure involves much time, labor and Very often leakage or loss of the contents of the barrel or keg.

Tapping a keg by the use of the mandrel is accomplished in thel following manner: The draft pipe 13 carrying the faucet 12 being inserted in the metallic bung l0, said bung 10 is placed directly upon the wooden bungin the head of the-keg or barrel.` yThe mandrel is now grasped by the hand, raised until it contacts with the faucet 12, and is then brought down with force upon the metallic bung 10. A repetition of this operation, or hammering, willrnecessarily force the wooden bung from the head of the keg, and the metallic bung l0 will be positioned Within the bung-hole 9. The

mandrel is now removed from the draft pipe 13 and the connections made with the faucet. Thus it will beseen how a keg or barrel may be tapped by the use of my device quickly,

efficiently, with little labor, and Without loss or leakage of anyv of the contents of the keg. By providing the depression 6 in the base of the mandrel, said mandrel will fit over the adjusting ring in the bung, and thus strike the bung fairly upon the head. The fiat faced lug 7, when the mandrel is grasped by the head or handle 4, forms a hammer to assist in removing the metallic bung when changed from one keg to another. The mandrel may be molded or formed of any suitable material, and may be made in any form and size desired. Thus it will be seen how I have formed a mandrel for use in beer tapping devices that possesses superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability and general efiiciency.

What I claim is- In a device of the class described, a man- HENRY FRIEDLANDER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. MITCHELL, LoUIs B. Renon. 

